... ROYAL SCOTTIS11 ACADEMIY FAINTING, SCULPTURE, AN-D ARCHITECCTURE. !I THE TWENTY-EIGIITI A-NNUA-L EXHIBITIOYN of is OiPEN IJAILY n the GALLERIES. ROYAL LNSTflaruyoN Ruin ine Ciuik A. I ji i-i.m tS.. srid 1 WILL, 431052N ~ATURDANY THE cOn- MAY. Adnmis'oni -Utine Shlling~. Cstalngnles, cdii EVEN.ING EXIIBrITIN_ (wil:xfro- evr till Ten o'Cinrk. Admission, Gd; Chl;dr'OU under twe-lve years, Half ...

... RLIYATL BANK OF SCOTLAND, EvnsUnaca, 4rut MAY 1854. rF1IE COURT of DIRECTORS of tie ROYAL BANK of I. SCOTLAN D Give Notice, Trat a GE.NERAL COUPT uf PilO'IIET{IRS wvtll be held at their OrtF-ic in Edinburgh .,n st>SDAy, the 6th day of Jun0 next, at Two U&Ciock After- nojon, pursuant to ite Charter. JAMES WRIlHT, S'ey. I O TAL CALT.EI) IhIAN AIUNT.J Te NMEMBERS are recuestefl to meet at I)O ...

... COMMERCIAL BANK OF SCOTLAND. A QIJAPTEBlLY GENERAL COURT of PROPR~M T(ORS of the COMNMERCIAL BANK. OF SCOTLAND %will lie held in tile B3Axas Om=xc here, on 'Tusrtsay, the istli Juno nest, at Two ?? Afternoo'n, pursuant to the Charter. A. K. MACKE.NZIE, Secy. Edinkburgh, 4th MAay t854. yA'VrT INSTITUTIOiN ANT) SCHODIr, Op ARTS. INVAUGUTRATIONVOrF 2THE VA TT TA TUE._ This; Criczsoxa&;. 13 to ...

... ENC.EAVTNG, IITIOGRAPflIC, COPPERPLATE AND T; LFTTERPRESS JP'RINTING ESTABLISE3ENT, and i 3 St James' Square, Edinburgb, IMay 6, 1354. DISP (To time Ffitor ol fie Ceiedrnrian Mercury.) mise! IWTR,- est erroneris B'ejorts stimild g> abroad. with respect of su 1 to the extent nf the consequences of the daimege in my undo Premises here by Fire on Saturday Morning, and lest, more- ouf t nver, it ...

... MOUN U 3EN1NT TO PROEESSOII WlLESO11 . It having- hien deermined. at an iniluential Meeting held in i the Council C3lanms4ers 'n the 220d in-stant --the LORD ParOVOST| in the Chiur-that a S7A'rc'- uft!:e latt PWorr'.ssorc WIUSON shonl1 he erected in EdAinburab, the Public ii nolwr respectuliv informed that SUPJSCRi.I'NS towards this enject will be received at the places-a ?? of wvhi.ih is ?? - ...

... THE Q U E EN'S B I RTR-D AY. The LORD PROVOST, 3MA{GISTRATES, & SHERIFF recommend tbat SATURDAY, the 20th May, should be observed as a HOLIDAY, in honour of hIER BiAJESTYrS BITH- DAzEY. S IRH City Chambers, Edinburgh, 1 th May 1 S54. f1 ENNERA L ASSEMPJLY OF TIIE CHURChi or G SCOTLAND. MAY 1854. Noanc1 is nvmauy C:vzh. That HER MAJESTY'S hIITH COMNMISSIONE2;R tos the GENERAL ASSEMBTLY of the ...

... VALUABLE 1101uSE:S FOR SALE, I nTIF Pw,-omnry orI 'rilE IATl WM;t. BUlN CALLANDLEIZ, EEQ. OF PRESTONETALL. 13R 1OR WOI A'TII has bhen ?? to SEI.T. at his i~L1EFlPOCITOI1Y 1'V]o, Oll WEDN:SDAY FI1RST. tllC 17C1 OI | M ray crrent,at ll c'ek, s t A *0r n rlsonic,me CIIESNUT GELDIN-G, fuliy r.-3 nd 7 I cars ould-.gt by' The G.l1onnl out of a well-i-ell ilsre- llp to CG stone, and well. know n ...

... BANK OF SCOITLAN:D. EnX-SUncuHt, 15th MaY 1854. ?? DIRECTORS of the BANK OF SCOTLA'ND herebv | 3 intimate lihat, from and after this date, and until further ,otice, the Rate of Interest to he allowed by the Bank for WMosye Lodged will be THREE PERt CENT. Per Annum; and the Btates of Interest charged by the Bank -vill be raised -ONE-HALF PER CLINT I ATRCEDI. BENNET, Secretary. ROYAL }BANIK OF ...

... I TO-MOIROW, within No. i3VANNBURGUI PLACE, LErrn' SALE OF EXCELLRENT [IOUSEIIOLD FUIN-ITURE. ENCRAYIN S. PA]ITLNGS, MANTELPIECE MIRROR, BRllLIANt2\T-TON ED GRA? ND SQUARE PIANOFORTE,, in IHandsome Riosewvood Osse. WATER-TOEs T GASELIERS, EIGHT-DAY CLOCK, KITCHEN GRATE with OvENs and BorLEn, within No. 6 VANBURGH PLACE, LEr-rt LTXrst, O.l FRIDAY FIrST, tle 19th curt. .ROWELLS &; LYON will ...

... E.:AST'INDIA ?? 17th MAay I S54. TIT~EC0 U RT Cr DIRE.-CTORS of thec EAST INh1 IA TCAPANY rio( hereby gi-c Notice. Thcat tic' I AT ESKCIANGE, at whichi thev wvill receive CAkSH fhr bills.!, *ect 1JJBN(AL anll MADJL %S will. frrim the- pre-sent dare ?? 'Itl frrrti'r ssr.ei- 11 A ?? Co3:11pcrnv's Ru ptee and fir BELLS ccc[S OMBALY 2s ric tiuciiacv RrcpO~. J1AM ES C. 3WLUNi LT, Secre.tary. o ...

... BOARD OF MANUFACTURES, Edinburgh. 25th May 1854. EHE COMPEITIONr DRAWINGS, PAINTINGSS, and T IMOEELS of the STUI}ENTS anending the SCHOOL I Of D}ESiGN. under cha~rge Or the HfononrablJe the ?? sts oif te BoAJLD of F hursrr.1rEs, w;ill he submitted for the inspection of the Public, in the GALLERIES or the ROIYAL INSTITUTION, TO-MORROW (Friday, the 26th instant), from tO A.-t. to 4 fP.M. The ...

... REE C H U C II A S S E MBL 1 TY.I TICjETS for ADMISSION THI EVENN3ING, Car, be ?? ?? Mr JAcaSOw, Grocer, Ltariston I'arce. WESTERIN BANK OF SCOrLAND, GLASrOw. S4th Mfay 1854. T HE ANN;.UAT, GENERAL MEETING of 1 PROPRIErORS of theWESTERN BANK OfT S ,1 P LAND will he held within the BANK, MNzTr.rp Srat~rEp Glasgow. on Widnasrbq the twcary-eitd1s duy of June next, ?? Twelve o'Clock. NoT ransser ...